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- Sun Aug 15, 2010 5:30 pm
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: Brand new manual driver...a little depressed
- Replies: 42
- Views: 18365
Re: Brand new manual driver...a little depressed
I guarantee many here on this site feel your pain but it WILL get better. 5 years ago I bought my first manual car and basically learned to drive stick on it. I can't tell you the adventure I went through just trying to get car home from place I bought it. HA HAHAHA. Flash forward 5 years and I can ...
- Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:28 pm
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: Rate your current manual driving skills from 1-10
- Replies: 148
- Views: 16116
- Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:43 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Dodge Caliber
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1448
- Wed Mar 21, 2007 8:42 pm
- Forum: Tranny Talk
- Topic: Clutching in around turns, why not?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4743
- Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:09 pm
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: Some more stick driving videos
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3291
Some more stick driving videos
I came across this link the other night. I apologize if this link was previously posted.
http://www.expertvillage.com/videos/dri ... uphill.htm
http://www.expertvillage.com/videos/dri ... uphill.htm
- Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:31 am
- Forum: The Photo and Video Gallery
- Topic: International Auto Show 2007 Toronto
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4626
- Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:26 pm
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: Manual Driving Courses
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1211
If your thinking about taking some lessons again, maybe you should check this place out http://www.shifters.ca
I haven't gone there myself but I was considering it when I bought MT car 2 years ago.
I haven't gone there myself but I was considering it when I bought MT car 2 years ago.
- Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:24 am
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: When you got your first stick shift
- Replies: 56
- Views: 8517
2 years ago...got a half hour lesson from place I bought it. Spent another hour or two by myself in a empty lot near the dealer. Went back signed all papers and proceeded to struggle my way home during rush hour. By the time I got home, I had serious doubts about buying a car with manual transmissio...
- Fri Jan 19, 2007 7:21 am
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: How to drive stick
- Replies: 67
- Views: 8653
- Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:56 pm
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: After one year of owning a manual transmission car...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2222
- Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:16 pm
- Forum: Drag Racing
- Topic: Is it bad to redline?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 37870
The highest RPMs I've reached on my car is about 3500 in 5th gear. I can't even imagine reachin' redline. If I did, I'm sure my little Hyundai Accent would totally crack up into little itsy pieces. I personally hate the sound the engine makes when I rev too high in any gear. I rarely go above 2500 i...
- Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:09 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Mac or PC?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 6853
I service Macs for a living so I speak from hands on experience. Be wary of the first gen MacBooks. I've serviced way too many of these already. There a completely new design from the iBooks they've replaced and therefore have some design flaws. The main one is a random shut down issue. There's been...
- Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:15 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: What to do when your car makes funny noises
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2654
I had a weird sound when going in reverse gear. The first place I brought it to said it was throwout bearing and that I should wait til it finally goes to replace it. Another guy I went to didn't seem to think it was anything to worry about. A year later, nothing major has happened and the sound doe...
- Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:05 pm
- Forum: Rants and Raves
- Topic: Back from my honeymoon; Cars sure are different in Jamaica.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2989
Did you happen to know what the break down was of manual vs. autos? My ex-lady has been in Jamaica for two months' now (she's from there). She's 44 years old and never learn to drive, however she decided to learn how to drive while she's there. I spoke to her several times but keep forgetting to ask...
- Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:59 pm
- Forum: Manual Driving Tips
- Topic: Anxious about highway driving !!!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2776
I had reservations in the beginning too but it's really not that different than an automatic. As for quick braking, I think it's just a instinct you'll develop as time goes on. From a manual stick driving perspective, I actually think freeway driving is the most boring, cause your just going fast mo...